Category: Semafor

A French bank said hackers stole €100 million ($112 million), a rare heist of a mainstream lender that has sent shudders across Europe’s financial system. The continent has in recent weeks been the target of numerous cyber attacks, including one on France’s blood banks and a hack on supermarket fridges ...

OpenAI said Thursday it would avoid nondisclosure agreements in data center deals and ensure facilities don’t raise energy costs for residents, as tech scrambles to render the AI buildout more palatable to the public. The policies are part of OpenAI’s attempts to set a new tone for AI policy discourse, ...

Israel’s largest Arab party grouping declared its support Thursday for Gadi Eisenkot to form the next government, potentially clearing the path for a coalition that excludes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The announcement came after Netanyahu — who campaigned partly on his unique relationship with US President Donald Trump — lost ...

, by Elif Shafak. When French novelist Gustave Flaubert sits down to write the fate of his famous character Emma Bovary, she suddenly speaks to him, opening the floodgates of memory and interspersing Flaubert’s perspective with that of 30 women from his life. This “audacious” novel “is the ideal vehicle ...

Roughly 600,000 advanced Nvidia chips are stuck in Hong Kong en route to China, Reuters reported, as Beijing — concerned its firms are too reliant on Western tech — bars their entry. Despite China’s efforts to boost semiconductor self-sufficiency, domestic tech firms’ immense demand for compute has led to a ...

A Democratic romp in US midterm elections could change Russia’s strategic calculus toward the West, analysts suggested, as Ukraine hailed the prospect of a more sympathetic Washington. Ukraine’s leader said this week that Kyiv hoped for a “balance of power, and that we will be supported more.” Meanwhile, the Kremlin ...

It’s healthcare costs, stupid. Washington is still collecting itself after a blue tsunami delivered House and Senate majorities on Tuesday — but Democrats are already gearing up a healthcare agenda to goad President Donald Trump into vetoing policies voters support. Easy initial targets include rolling back Medicaid cuts and restoring ...

Tuesday’s Democratic sweep shook the energy stock market, boosting clean energy company shares on the expectation of a more renewables-friendly Congress and casting a pall on oil. Solar companies First Solar and SunRun both rose around 8%; wind companies Orsted and Vestas, and the EV makers Lucid and Rivian also ...

Mubadala Energy, one of the top Gulf-based investors in global oil and gas projects, is looking to increase its footprint in the US despite the election outcome, its CEO told Semafor. The company is a key backer of Commonwealth LNG, the first new export terminal to have reached a final ...

After months of war-related belt-tightening by global oil and gas companies, the makers of bolts, pumps, and other widgets for the industry are beginning to see sales pick up. ADIPEC is first and foremost a trade show, with hundreds of vendors selling every imaginable tool and piece of equipment, from ...